Pandemic hits livelihood of cobblers beyond repair
The Hindu
They struggle to find customers in view of curbs on movement of people
Murugesh (45) who runs a make-shift cobbler shop on the High Road in Chittoor is anxiously waiting for his customers. He used to run his family somehow with the paltry income of ₹200 a day before the outbreak of virus. During the lockdown imposed last year during the first wave, he had a harrowing time to make his both ends meet. “After the curbs relaxed, my per day income reduced to half of what I used to earn before. And now, I make ₹40 a day at best. People are staymg indoors and the restricted business hours owing to the partial curfew has almost sunk my business. I have no clue how to run my family,” says Murugesh.
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